Energy Infrastructure Partners welcomes FS Group Chief Executive Luigi Ferraris to its Investment Committee

• Mr. Ferraris joins EIP Investment Committee as independent member; currently serves as chief executive of Italy’s FS Group, one of Europe’s largest mobility and infrastructure companies
• An industry veteran with over two decades of executive experience, Mr. Ferraris formerly served as chief executive officer of Terna and chief financial officer of Enel Group

ZURICH, 20 February 2024 —  Energy Infrastructure Partners, a leading investor in the energy transition, welcomes Luigi Ferraris to its Investment Committee. Mr. Ferraris brings expertise gathered over more than 20 years of executive experience in the infrastructure and energy industries. As chief executive officer, he led the Italian transmission system operator Terna S.p.A. As chief financial officer, he led both the Italian postal service (Poste Italiane Group) and the Italian global utility Enel Group. At Enel he also served as chairman for Enel Green Power, one of the largest green utilities worldwide with more than 60 gigawatts of installed renewable generation capacity on 6 continents. Mr. Ferraris serves today as the chief executive of the FS Group, which includes the Italian national rail system (Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane), as well as logistics, infrastructure and urban mobility businesses. The group oversees more than 17,000 kilometers of rail tracks, 2,200 stations and 23,000 bridges. More than 85,000 employees work for the group.

Veteran of European utilities, system-critical infrastructure companies

There are not many people with the combination of experience and insight that Luigi Ferraris brings to EIP’s Investment Committee. It’s an honor for EIP to bring an infrastructure veteran and executive of Luigi’s caliber closer to our investment decisions and the portfolio companies we manage for our clients,” said Roland Dörig, EIP founder and managing partner.

“I am very pleased and highly motivated to join EIP’s Investment Committee. EIP is one of the most dynamic and solid investors in the energy sector playing a key role in contributing to the energy transition in Europe,” said Mr. Ferraris.

 About Energy Infrastructure Partners AG 

Energy Infrastructure Partners AG is a Switzerland-based manager of collective assets focused on longterm equity investments in high-quality, large-scale renewables and system-critical energy infrastructure. Our strategy and investment horizon align with the lifetime of the underlying assets and generate visible cash flows. With CHF 7 billion under management, EIP leverages an extensive industry network, broad transaction experience and partnerships with leading energy companies and the public sector to develop and manage investment solutions for institutional investors globally. EIP’s investor base includes pension funds, insurance companies and large family offices, who are increasingly interested in contributing to the security of the energy supply as a pathway to create positive economic, ecological and social developments, and whose long-term funding needs closely match the energy infrastructure asset class.

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